Product Design Lead

About The Dock

The Dock serves as Accenture’s premier Research & Development and Global Innovation Center, located in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock. It functions as a hub for incubating next-generation AI and Generative AI solutions, uniting experts including business strategists, designers, engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs worldwide.

Our aim is to address some of the globe’s most complex challenges and develop transformative products and services that empower industries to prosper amid unprecedented shifts. Our activities cover the full innovation lifecycle, from initial exploration to live deployment. At The Dock, innovation is bold, collaboration is open, and the future is built in real time.

Position Overview

As the Product Design Lead, you will strategically plan and execute design initiatives throughout projects. This role involves collaborating with sponsors and senior leaders to establish a clear vision and partnering with experts to gain a comprehensive understanding of users, technology, and data interactions. You will be deeply embedded within the product development cycle, focusing on delivering impactful, user-centered digital products that address genuine challenges.

You will shape concepts, strategies, and digital interfaces at the project level, with a strong grasp of service and interaction design. Your designs will need to adapt fluidly across multiple devices to create seamless end-to-end experiences.

Communicating visually is critical; you will craft design artefacts that convey insights for stakeholder ideation and conceptual discussions. Close collaboration with software engineers, data scientists, and subject matter experts will ensure the responsible use of emerging technologies in product creation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional design teams, ensuring powerful, cohesive, and effective design solutions.
• Tackle comprehensive design challenges, from understanding user and business needs to delivering final products and services.
• Maintain ownership of all design outputs, scrutinizing quality and managing the entire user journey.
• Articulate design ideas through sketches, wireframes, flows, architecture diagrams, polished UI designs, and interactive prototypes.
• Drive innovation by experimenting with emerging technologies including Generative AI, voice interfaces, and mixed reality, while factoring in responsible design practices.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments, collaborating with designers, data scientists, strategists, and innovation experts to uncover and solve core problems.
• Conduct and support design research efforts, synthesizing findings to rapidly prototype solutions for stakeholder feedback.
• Present and defend design decisions clearly and constructively within diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Contribute design expertise toward business development via proposals and pitches.
• Assist in the day-to-day management and execution of project plans.
• Represent The Dock as a design ambassador at community events, workshops, and conferences.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Ability to create conceptual models encompassing both user experience and system-level perspectives.
• Fluency in connecting client challenges, human experiences, and proposed solutions, emphasizing business value.
• Demonstrated curiosity and hands-on experience with emerging technology experimentation.
• Strong knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design methodologies.
• Awareness of additional design disciplines such as Visual, Content, and Business Design.

Experience & Expertise

• At least eight years of extensive experience in UI/UX, Digital Product, or Service Design.
• Minimum two years leading design teams through research phases to deployment in intricate project environments.
• Relevant qualifications in Product Design, Interaction Design, or related fields.
• A robust portfolio showcasing notable skills in UI/UX and service design.
• Proficient in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and contemporary Generative AI tools.
• Exceptional communication abilities, with competence in presenting, discussing, and refining design choices collaboratively.
• Familiarity with principles of interaction design, service design, rapid prototyping, and human-centered design practices.
• Client-focused mindset dedicated to delivering business value through design.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team settings.

Applicants must submit a portfolio to be considered.

Employee Benefits

• Contributions to pension plans.
• Private health insurance coverage.
• Employee share ownership scheme.
• Discounted access to gym memberships.
• Emergency care facilities support.
• Two days of paid leave annually for charitable activities of choice.
• Professional organization membership support.
• Participation in community events.

Work Environment

This role requires some onsite presence to foster collaboration, learning, and relationship building with clients, peers, leadership, and communities. While onsite participation is expected, flexible arrangements will be supported to accommodate individual work-life balance needs.

About Accenture

With a global workforce exceeding 700,000 professionals across 120 countries and expertise spanning over 40 industries, Accenture harnesses the power of change to produce value and shared success for clients, employees, shareholders, partners, and society. The company celebrates diversity and offers equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, age, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.